Ed Sheeran’s tour opener, Irish singer Aaron Rowe, has dropped out of the tour:
“As Irish people we know all too well about genocide, forced famine and violent occupation. I cannot stand by and allow billionaires to use their position of power to silence the rightful voices of those who speak up against Israeli genocide and who highlight the savage murder of children. I would lose all respect for myself to carry on as normal.”
I cannot take certain fics seriously bc they’ll just turn one of the characters into a Dark Fuckprince and I’ll be like ok I get you’re into domming or whatever but this is just embarrassing actually
i just adore the "mommy ended her life and i need praise/approval to validate my existence but also i don't need to rely on anyone and also i can't lose to my rival that i have a very complicated relationship with" gang
Ms. Rachel:
"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows."
"If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist."
Macklemore says Ed Sheeran and his team decided to remove him from tour due to his comments in support of Palestine, after Kraft Group rallied stadium owners and gave Ed an ultimatum:
“[Ed] told me that the words ‘Free Palestine’ and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, ‘I don't take sides.’”